I’m finding myself a little frustrated with how WK sometimes makes you learn the same combination of radicals multiple times, rather than teaching you the kanji (or hanzi or whatever) that those radicals make up and then using that kanji as a radical. The most egregious example that I’ve noticed is…

I’ve felt the same way when i get really similar kanji, but I assume that it would kinda require the addition of a bunch of new radicals depending on how often it happens. Maybe might happen in future additions, but i dont work there (yet) so your guess is as good as mine

[image] Auartic: 識, 職, and 織 I agree. For the longest time I couldn’t tell them apart. But there’s also the situation where a kanji has one big radical made of many “smaller” radicals, and I just can’t unsee the smaller radicals. For example the kanji 暮 which has “greenhouse” and “sun” in i…

There’s a difference between radical and what you’re referring to, which is often called a phonetic component. Phonetic components form phonetic series, like you’ve pointed out. Using this pattern is a great way to memorize on’yomi, but they’re not the same as radicals. Radicals always convey some f…

Or try Keisei [image] [Userscript] Keisei 形声 Semantic-Phonetic Composition API And Third-Party Apps warning This is a third-party script/app and is not created by the WaniKani team. By using this, you understand that it can stop working at any time or be disco…

[image] Auartic: 戠 I have never seen this one on its own it looks so odd

What you described is what many already do: make up our own mnemonics to personalise how we learn, tailoring it to how we feel works best for us. Personally, I like to add the real meanings for radicals and ignore a lot of existing mnemonics. Not always, but sometimes the original meanings are more …

[image] NathaLire: [image] Auartic: 戠 I have never seen this one on its own it looks so odd No, but it’s so cute! It’s like a little hatchling waiting to grow up and become a full-fledged kanji C:

It really does have that feel! How nice!

Inconsistency in radical composition and using kanji as radicals

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Or try Keisei

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Inconsistency in radical composition and using kanji as radicals

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